some advice needed please!!!!!

Hi Ladies
just wondering if anyone may be able to offer some advice if you have been through this before.
I am exactly 8 days late with af, i had a blood test at 4 days late which was negative. just wondering however if mabey it was just too early for the test to show anything, the reason being that
* since the first day i was due for AF i have had mild cramping which has been ongoing since the last 8 days, i am starting to get fed up with it as it is more annoying than painful just thought that if i am going to get AF would i be feeling cramping for this long???? i have only ever had cramping for 2 days before it was due at the most.

*from the day i was due with af until 2 days ago i have had brown spotting on the toilet paper when i wiped so i naturally assumed AF was coming she never did.

* today for the first time i found clear stringy discharge thin not thick and no odour, i have never had this before

* on and off bloating but just assumed it is related to AF

I'm starting to worry that if i am not pregnant is there something else seriously wrong with me like menopause ( my doctor laughed because i am only 33, she said not likely ) or cancer or something i know i am probably worrying about nothing, however i have had 2 children and never had this with those pregnancies i always got positive HPT's before i was due for AF so i guess i am just wondering mailnly if anyone else has ever experienced this and still been pregnant even though blood test is negative

I know how accurate they are though so i am sort of leaning to not being pregnant but just wondering
Thankyou if you have read this far

8 days is a long time to be late, but a blood test is usually pretty accurate. I had a positive blood test the day my period would have been due (after getting a bfp at home). If you still haven't gotten AF I would go back to the doc and ask for another blood test.

I'd be a bit weirded out by it too! Maybe you're just having a longer than average cycle, and the discharge etc are just signs AF is finally coming? Hope it's sorts itself out soon, but I'd go to the dr if it continues much longer.

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